Whole-person care with Apple Health comes to San Juan County on July 1

Beginning July 1, 2019, Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) shoppers in San Juan County will transition to a whole-person method to care supply. Services shall be coordinated by a single well being plan so that individuals obtain the assistance they want for physique and thoughts, together with psychological well being and substance use therapy. Apple Health shoppers shifting to built-in managed care obtained an enrollment discover in early June. The overarching objective of whole-person care is the coordination of well being, behavioral well being and social companies in a patient-centered method.

The change is occurring for the North Sound area which incorporates the next counties: Island, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan and Whatcom.

In 2014, state laws directed a transition to absolutely combine the buying of medical and behavioral well being companies for Apple Health shoppers by a managed care system no later than Jan. 1, 2020. Integrated managed care implementation started in April 2016.

An built-in care mannequin helps people — particularly these with a number of complicated situations — obtain the total spectrum of care and companies they want.